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are weighed by agreement of the buyer and seller at the sta- 

 tion of shipment, but the weighing in such cases shall be done 

 by persons appointed by the commissioner of agriculture and 

 the expense of such weighing shall be borne as provided in 

 this act. (As amended by chapter 101 of the Lams of 1899.) 



§ 76. Distribution of moneys by commissioner of agriculture. — 

 On or before the first day of February in each year the 

 commissioner of agriculture shall prepare a detailed statement of 

 the quantity of sugar manufactured by each person, firm or associa- 

 tion or corporation entitled to receive a portion of the moneys ap- 

 propriated for the promotion and encouragement of sugar beet 

 culture. He shall apportion to each such person, firm, association 

 or corporation the moneys so appropriated according to the 

 amount of sugar of the grade described in this article manufac- 

 tured by each of them, during the preceding year. One-half 

 of one cent a pound shall be paid on account of the sugar so 

 manufactured during the season of nineteen hundred and two, 

 one-half of one cent a pound shall be paid on account of the 

 sugar so manufactured during the season of nineteen hundred 

 and three, and one-half of one cent a pound shall be 

 paid for the sugar so manufactured during the season 

 of nineteen hundred and four. Such commissioner of 

 agriculture shall certify to the comptroller the amount 

 apportioned to each manufacturer of sugar according to the 

 provisions of this article; and the comptroller shall draw his 

 warrant upon the state treasurer for the amount so certified, 

 payable to the party or parties to whom such apportionment 

 was made. (As amended by chapter 240 of the Laws of 1902.) 



§ 2. The sum of fifty thousand dollars, or so much thereof 

 as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated out of any moneys 

 in the treasury, not otherwise appropriated, to be paid in the 

 manner prescribed by article five of the agricultural law, as 

 inserted by chapter five hundred of the laws of eighteen hun- 

 dred and ninetv-seven and as above amended. Of such amount 



